Apparatus for dispersing fogs



I'. FREY.

APPARATUS PoR DIsPERsING Foes.

Patented Apr. 28, 1896.l

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ANDREW 56Min UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK FRI-EY, OF ROCHESTER, NEV YORK.

APPARATUS FOR DISPERSING FOGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,940, dated April2s, 189e.

Application tied my 9.1895. serai No. 555,427. or@ motti.)

To all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK FREY, a citizen ofthe United States, residingat Rochester,

in the county of Monroe and State of NewV York, have invented new anduseful Improve-` ments in Apparatus vfor Dispersing or Causshown,described, and claimed in an application for Letters Patent filed by meOctober 2s, i892, serial No. 450,202.

This invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, andcombination of the parts of a fog-dispersing apparatus, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is apartly-sectional elevation of my improved fog-dispersing apparatus Fig.2, a side view of the distributingpipe and attached nozzles. Fig. 3 is aplan of one of the connections. the hollow base or standard.

In the drawings, the reference-numeral 1Y designates a hollow standardor base having an inlet-opening 2 and communicating with `lower end ofwhich is beveled to seat upon the upper beveled end 6 of the stationaryconduitsectionable conduit-section 10 is provided with a socket 11.,.inwhich is secured an arched pipe Fig. 4 is a plan of Into the open top ofthe Sur- The upper end of the mov- 12, having its ends closed,preferably, by caps 13, as shown.

The arched distributing-pipe 12 is provided at suitable intervals with aseries of attached jet-tubes 14, which extend therefrom in an upward andoutward direction. Secured to the sleeve or jacket 7 is a handle 15, bywhich said sleeve, the connected upper conduit-section 10, and attacheddistributing-pipe 12 may be turned or rotated to present` the attachedtubes 14 in any required direction to throw the fog-dispersing material'in various directions as may be desired.

To the nut 8, attached to the lower end of sleeve 7, is pivoted agravity-latch 16, adapted to engage in one of the recesses 4 in theseats 3 that are provided in the base of Athe apparatus, as beforementioned. A spring 17 may be arranged to hold the latch 16 to itsengagement with any one of the recessed seats.

Between the lower end of the conduit-seetion 5 and jacket 7 is arrangeda packing 18, that may have a bearing at its upper end against a ring orshoulder 19 on the conduitsection 5 when the nut 8 is tightened up.

The catch 16 is normally engaged with one of the recessed seats 4 andwill thus .firmly hold the rotatable sleeve 7 and attached upperconduit-section 10 at any position to which they may have been turned.By lifting this catch 16 against the pressure of its spring 17 thesleeve 7 will be released and may then be rotated by means of the handle15, so as to carry the upper conduit-section 10 and attacheddistributer-pipe 12 to any desired position.

The fog-dispersing material may consist of any liquid or gaseous body ofgreater specific gravity than the aqueous vapor of the fog and whichwill be adapted to mingle with and disperse or precipitate the fog, asdescribed in my form er above-named application, Serial No. 450,202.

By means of the apparatus herein described the distributing-pipe 12 andjet-tubes 14 are capable of being readily turned to permit the throwingof the fog-dispersingmaterial to any required direction-such, forinstance, as in advance of and somewhat above the path of a vessel orother moving body.

In practice the hollow standard or base 1 may be securely bolted to thedeck orI other IOC part of a vessel or other moving body, and by meansof a suitable pipe or hose the inlet 2 may be connected with a tank orreservoir (not shown) or other source of fog-dispersing material.

Having' thus described my invention, what I claim isl. In afog-dispersing apparatus, the coinbination of a hollow standard providedwith an inlet, a rotatable conduit communicating' with said standard, adistributing-pipe coininunicatin g with and carried by said rotatableconduit and provided with a series of outwardly and upwardly projectingjet-tubes, and means for adj ustably connecting said conduit andstandard to permit the conduit and section and provided With a series ofj et-tubes, and means for adjusting' and locking the rotatable conduitin any required position, substantially as described.

3. In a fog-dispersing apparatus, the coinbination of a hollow standardhaving an inlet, a lower stationary conduit-section rigidly connected toand communicating with said standard, a rotatable jacket or sleevesurrounding' the said lower conduit-section, an upper rotatableconduitwsection connected to and carried by said sleeve and seated uponthe upper end of the lower conduit-section, a distributing-pipe carriedby the upper rotatable conduit-section and provided with a series ofjettubes, and nieans for locking the conduit and sleeve in an adjustedposition, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set iny hand in presence of twosubscribing,` wit* nesses.

FRANK FREY.

lVitnesses:

JAMES COCHRANE, G. H. GRIsWoLD.

